Snow in Bakersfield?

Cooper dumped the contents of our paper shredder (it was completely full!) in the office one day.  I was in the middle of doing something and completely forgot to clean it up.  The next morning as I was getting everything ready for Taylor to go to school, Dakota came prancing down the hall with handfuls of shredded paper and as she frolicked, she tossed it in the air all over the living room.  Well Cooper could not miss out on the fun so he too went down the hall and emerged with his own giant fistfuls which he distributed all over the living room.  I was not too thrilled about the whole situation and thought for sure that Richard would not be too excited about it when he got home from the gym.  Richard walked into the house, said, "Oh my goodness..." and surprised us all by continuing, "it snowed in our house!!!"  It was on!!!  Taylor, Dakota, and Cooper were grabbing fistfuls of 'snow' and had an all-out snowball fight!  They had a blast!  Lately, there has not been enough time in the day to get everything done that's been going on.  This was another particularly busy day and the mess had to be left as it was for a day or two.  Unfortunately, this caused our entire house to be covered with 'snow'!  Every square foot of our 1400 square foot house was covered in shredded paper.  We finally were able to get it all cleaned up, but it still shows up every now and again.  A big mess, but a super fun memory for the kids.  I guess that's what life is all about, making memories and having fun with our loved ones.

 A sample of the floor:

Even poor Alison couldn't escape it.  (This was taken a day later in the evening.)